"Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities" the-decenter.ghost.io/the-body-as-... by Afsaneh Rigot

What happens when Google stops sending you to websites & starts answering questions itself? In this podcast episode ADM+S researchers Ashwin Nagappa, Oleg Zendel & Sara Al Lawati discuss what the future of search means for all of us bit.ly/48zWDK9 #GoogleSearch #AIMode

📢2026 Fellowship applications are OPEN!📢 If you are someone looking to inform technology policy through rigorous original reporting or policy analyses, we want to hear from you! Apply here: airtable.com/appIrc1F9M5d...

We just released a *big* working paper on Voice AI and Authenticity as part of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society @admscentre.org.au It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done Check it out at Australian Policy Online here: apo.org.au/node/331920

Join NTEU members this Sunday 24 August at marches across the country in solidarity with Palestine. Find out where it’s happening in your city 👉 nteu.info/24 @nteuact.bsky.social @nteuvictoria.bsky.social

"We need to engage in discourse about how we make sure that we maximise the benefits but minimise any of the other factors that need to be considered." is exactly the kind of running the clock say nothing quotable over media trained blandfest that I was talking about in my last post.

When I see a GenAI celebrity images in the wild I often find it as many likes/reacts but also a heap of critical comments. I find it interesting how the boundaries around GenAI and meaning making/cultural participation are debated whenever an event like this occurs. TW: AIGC & Trump imagery incoming

Making atmospheres of emotionality which serve as functional "breathability" which serve in place of "truth" in the face of epistemic & climate collapse is how they get away with not having any bread to give. It's not bread & circuses any more. It's all circus-as-emotional and psychic safety zone.

Applications are now open for two scholarships at QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre. Investigate how 21st-century media changes and challenges the social role of media by gathering detailed evidence about how Australians use media (all forms, old and new). More information here: qut.to/28a6y

Who knew the Butlerian Jihad would be so Catholic

Congratulations to PhD candidate, @jiarut.bsky.social, for her two new articles in June! 🎉 The first is a solo authored paper, "Broadcasting your virtual self: Exploring the authenticity construction and subjectivity of VTubers in China" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It was a real privilege to chat with @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social about fact checking and the new paper on the relationships between digital platforms, governments, and fact checkers co-wrote with @silmonn.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social

“What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” he said. Not an antisemite. www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

"France’s AI minister calls for a Europe-wide ban on social media for children under 15" www.euronews.com/next/2025/05...

📢 New from @euprompt.bsky.social project: In Romania's election re-run, we detected multiple pages simultaneously posting identical content that mixes AI-generated material (read AI slop) with political messaging. Read our full investigation: www.euractiv.ro/facts-not-fa...

Delighted to announce that my PhD thesis "Misinformation Claims in Australian News: Lies, Fakes, and Scare Campaigns" is now available on QUT E-Prints at doi.org/10.5204/thes.... Big moment 🥹 massive, unspeakably huge thanks to my family, my supervisors, and my thoughtful and engaged interviewees.

💡 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 💡 My article with @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @kkasianenko.bsky.social, @vishneww.bsky.social, @essideh.com, and @voddenlaura.bsky.social is now out in Social Media + Society. We introduce a new analytics method: #PracticeMapping. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“Meta’s recent changes are part of a larger shift by US tech companies to align with conservative leaders, which will have implications for global efforts towards information integrity.” New #wjds paper by @nedwatt.bsky.social, Silvia Montaña-Niño & @riedlinm.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi....

Our newly published short article looks at the recent dynamics in platform fact checking and tries to contextualise this within a ~decade of formal platform-fact checker relationships and now community notes as an emerging popular content-contextualisation approach. Open access so take a look!

Strongly recommend this article to folks grappling with crowd-sourced models for content-contextualisation which is increasingly popular among platforms, most recently TikTok

I saw an ad over the weekend for Apple's #cleanup photo editing feature, now accessible through the default photos app on eligible devices, and wrote this in @aunz.theconversation.com about what this means for trust in #visual media. 🔗 theconversation.com/tools-like-a... @admscentre.org.au

“AI robot dogs can protect us from land mines” describes well the techno-solutionist pyramid-scheme dominating these spaces at the moment. Old mate should maybe watch the AI robot dog episode of Black Mirror… Are we building tools for liberation, or automating oppression with ‘cooler’ aesthetics?

Any disinfo researchers out there might have fun with what seems to be a generative AI slop content machine paired with climate denial / delay Showed up in a Google News summary. Fake staff. Other slop sites listed under same owner. Man, the internet is really dying

New paper from PhD researcher, Kateryna Kasianenko @kkasianenko.bsky.social! In her article, she writes about the digital practices of Japanese Twitter users supporting Ukraine following Russia's full scale invasion. You can read this important work here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Some trashy GenAI ads here In awe of the straight flush of angry reacts on this Ghibli style ad. Communities seem to backlash against arts orgs using tech short cuts for promo. Admittedly the “regretful artisan’s fire sale” trope hits more authentic than Rugs-a-Million ever did

The next @qutdmrc.bsky.social #360info election special issue article is out, in this one @nedwatt.bsky.social & @riedlinm.bsky.social discuss the role of fact-checking, in light of recent retreats away from this vital practice by major platforms. 360info.org/why-voting-i...

On the afternoons of 17 & 24 June 2025 we'll host two workshops to showcase veraAI work and outcomes. You can already register for one or both events. Focus of 17 June: end user facing tools for fact-checkers. 24 June sessions target the research community. Overriding topic: AI & content analysis

A pro-Russia content aggregation network is churning out at least 3 MILLION pieces of propaganda per year, all on sites that are virtually unusable by humans. So what's the goal? We explore the idea that it might be to flood LLMs with pro-Russia content: static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c... 1/

Over the coming weeks 360info will be publishing research and analysis related to the upcoming Australian Federal Election informed by @qutdmrc.bsky.social. To kick it off here is a piece from me with @admscentre.org.au colleague @markandrejevic.bsky.social on #auspol ads 360info.org/dark-ads-cha...

The Read Them Sideways podcast is back from our summer hiatus! @phzerosounds.bsky.social, our editor, has stepped up to host this week. Stephen speaks with @nedwatt.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social about the changes to Meta's fact checking program. open.spotify.com/episode/6tg3...

Some reflections with colleagues @nedwatt.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social at @theconvo-bot.bsky.social on Meta's decision to end its professionally funded fact-checking model in its platforms and adopt the X crowdsourcing model with a new 'community notes'👇 theconversation.com/meta-is-aban...

First time attending and presenting at JERAA conference (@jeraaaus.bsky.social) showcasing some PhD work on field mapping GenAI’s intersection with independent fact checking, I learned lots from other folks in this fantastic session and all the sessions I attended

Finished up a fabulous #aanzca24 with a fractured portrait starring @kathaesa.bsky.social @nedwatt.bsky.social @inesengelmann.bsky.social … i guess befitting a conference where I presented on visual misinformation?

I feel so proud to announce that my first book - The Kids Are Online: Confronting the Myths and Realities of Young Digital Life - will be published in March 2025, by @ucpress.bsky.social 🫶🏼

The journalistic “gut feeling” as one of the most important tools when fact checking in the age of AI. Fantastic presentation by @silmonn.bsky.social at Hacks/Hackers today. Well done Silvia!